Today I attended the funeral of a 95 year-old man. He was a bi-vocational minister. He paid the bills by working as an electrician.  But his calling drove him to the tent revivals and churches. Bi-vocational pastors serve outside the spotlight. In my denomination, however, approximately half of all pastors are bi-vocational. They are many, but they get only a fraction of attention given to pastors of larger churches. They receive little recognition, but they are the workhorses of churches that Read more [...]